Sahara Movie Review 2005

Second attempt to construct a franchise around Clive Cussler's popular Dirk Pitt character (the first was 1980's "Raise the Titanic"). Pitt (McConaughey) and his buddy, Al Giordino (Zahn), are ex-Navy treasure-hunters searching for a lost Civil War battleship off the coast of West Africa. Cruz is a UN doctor who enlists Pitt in helping her find the source of a virulent African plague. The plot reeks of modern-day Indiana Jones and, thankfully, doesn't try to hide it, helped along by McConaughey and Zahn's boisterous chemistry. Eisner wisely chooses to keep things light throughout, which makes the film both charmingly self-aware and easily dismissible.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 127 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Action-Comedy, Deserts, Africa, Books to Film: Clive Cussler, Civil War, Treasure Hunt, CIA/NSA, Corporate Shenanigans, Emerging Viruses

Screenplay

John C. Richards, Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, James V. Hart

Cast

Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz, Lambert Wilson, Glynn Turman, William H. Macy, Delroy Lindo, Lennie James, Rainn Wilson, Patrick Malahide

Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey

Director

Breck Eisner

Music

Clint Mansell

Other

Chris Munro, Lindsay Fellows, Andrew MacRitchie, Giles Masters, Anthony Reading, Anna Sheppard, Allan Cameron

Producer

Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin, Mace Neufeld, Stephanie Austin, Kanzaman S.A., J.K. Livin, Paramount Pictures, Bristol Bay Prods., Paramount Pictures